But as I said, I still cook. I mean, I have to. It would be nice to have a cook and a sushi-man at home full time (at least that's the point I made a couple of hours ago, while I was having a wonderful lunch at the recent BB Villa in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal), but we all know that's not going to happen. And it would be nice to have more time to create different dishes, but some days all I need is a simple pleasant meal. Like this tagliatelle with bacon and tomato I cooked tonight.

Boil the tagliatelle for around 20 minutes.Add the garlic cloves and the bacon to a heated frying pan. Let it fry. Meanwhile, add the butter, to add some flavour.When the bacon is fried, add the tagliatelle (drained). Stir.Add the tomato and stir again. Finally, serve it with some dried thyme.